Mental Health
Mental Health Services in Battle Creek MI | Consult Psychiatrist Online
Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. Examples of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors.
Many people have mental health concerns from time to time. But a mental health concern becomes a mental illness when ongoing signs and symptoms cause frequent stress and affect your ability to function.
A mental illness can make you miserable and can cause problems in your daily life, such as at school or work or in relationships. In most cases, symptoms can be managed with a combination of medications and talk therapy (psychotherapy). Please call us. We can help you live a better life.
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Suicide risk and prevention
Mental Health Services in Battle Creek MI | Behavioral Health Care
Landmark study implicates specific genes in schizophrenia
April 6, 2022
The largest ever genetic study of schizophrenia has identified large numbers of specific genes that could play important roles in the psychiatric disorder. A group of hundreds of researchers across 45 countries analysed DNA from 76,755 people with schizophrenia and 243,649 without it to better understand the genes and biological processes underpinning the condition. The new study found a much larger number of genetic links to schizophrenia than ever before, in 287 different regions of the genome, the human body's DNA blueprint.
Primary care medical home found to be more effective than usual care in treating patients with serious mental illness
April 6, 2022
A new study has shown that a specialized primary care medical home improved the care and treatment of patients with serious mental illness, resulting in better mental health-related quality of life.
Genetic 'hotspots' that speed up and slow down brain aging could provide new targets for Alzheimer's drugs
April 5, 2022
Researchers have discovered 15 'hotspots' in the genome that either speed up brain aging or slow it down -- a finding that could provide new drug targets to resist Alzheimer's disease and other degenerative brain disorders, as well as developmental delays.
Good news: People can recover and thrive after mental illness and substance-use disorders
April 5, 2022
There is good news for people suffering from depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and other mental health disorders. New research explains how people who have suffered from mental illness can go on to develop a long-lasting sense of well-being and achieve a 'high-functioning' life.
The hidden cost of firearm injuries
April 4, 2022
Survivors of gun violence and their families face increased risk of mental health disorders, higher health care spending, according to new research.
Pandemic drives use of telehealth for mental health care
April 4, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic likely permanently increased the delivery of mental health counseling through telehealth, according to new research.
Firefighters with PTSD likely to have relationship problems
April 4, 2022
The stress firefighters face takes a toll. New research finds that those with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are likely to have relationship problems due to an inability to regulate emotions.
Genetically determined levels of inflammation linked to neuropsychiatric illness
March 30, 2022
A potential link between inflammation and the structure of specific regions of the brain has been identified by researchers.
Exercise may reduce depression symptoms, boost effects of therapy
March 30, 2022
Exercising for half an hour may reduce symptoms of depression for at least 75 minutes post-workout and amplify the benefits of therapy, according to two new studies.
Early life adversity, microglia dysfunction linked to aberrant adult stress responses, mental illness
March 29, 2022
The poor function of microglia, the brain's immune cells in individuals exposed to early life adversity (ELA) promotes aberrant responses to stress in adulthood that may be linked to mental illness, according to a new study. During brain development, microglia prune unnecessary synapses resulting in the formation of refined, functional circuits. Disruption of that process leaves too many synapses, changing the behavioral and hormonal responses to further stresses later in life.